The daughter of a man linked to the disappearance of a schoolgirl more than 50 years ago has reportedly told how her father was "every bit as much of a paedophile as Jimmy Savile".
Moira Anderson, 11, went missing from her home in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, in February 1957 while running an errand for her grandmother.
It is widely believed that she was abducted and murdered, but her body has never been found.
The case remains unsolved, but Sandra Brown believes her late father, convicted paedophile Alexander Gartshore, murdered Moira and dumped her body in a grave at Old Monkland Cemetery.
At the graveyard, forensic experts have started exhuming the family plot of Sinclair Upton, said to be an acquaintance of Gartshore, in a bid to find Moira's remains.
Mrs Brown told BBC Scotland: "My father was every bit as much of a paedophile as Jimmy Savile ever was.
"My sad conclusion is that Moira is not the only child in the central belt of Scotland who suffered this fate. Whether we find her or not, we know we've looked. I hope to see results in the next few days."
She said it was her belief that there was a "paedophile ring" operating in the area at the time the schoolgirl went missing.
"Given recent events with Mr Savile, people are now realising that this is not a modern phenomenon. It has gone on for a long time," Mrs Brown said.
